Question

A plant cell has the potential to develop into a full plant. This property of the plant cell is called

• A. tissue culture
• B. totipotency
• C. pluripotency
• D. gene cloning

Answer 1

The correct option is B

totipotency

The correct option is B:

An explanation for correct option:

1. A plant cell has the potential to develop into a full plant.
2. This property of the plant cell is called totipotency.
3. Totipotency is the ability of a single cell to divide and produce all differentiated cells present in an organism.
4. Examples:

• Spores
• Zygote

4. Therefore a plant cell has the ability to develop into a full plant.

An explanation for the incorrect option:

(A) Tissue culture is the method in which fragments of tissue are transferred to an artificial environment in which they can survive.

(C) Pluripotency is the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of an early embryo.

(D) Gene cloning is the process used to assemble recombinant DNA molecules.

Final Answer: A plant cell has the potential to develop into a full plant. This property of the plant cell is called totipotency.